near

adv

1. close, close by, nearby, nigh; within earshot or hearing, within view or sight, within close range; around, hereabout, about, not far off or away.

2. approximately, roughly, generally, about, circa, ca., more or less, or so, all but; nearly, in the neighborhood or vicinity, close to, next to; virtually, almost, Inf. most, just about, well-nigh, nearing, bordering on, approaching.

adj

3. neighboring, next-door, vicinal, adjacent, juxtapositional, juxtaposed, next, proximate; close, closer, close by, nearby, nigh, at close range, a stone's throw away; accessible, within reach, close at hand, at hand, handy, at one's fingertips, Inf. warm, Sl. hot; contiguous, bordering, adjoining, conjoining, connecting, abutting, tangential, tangent, touching, con-tactual.

4. direct, noncircuitous, straight, short, quick, fast, speedy.

5. imminent, momentary, forthcoming, coming, approaching, toward; impending, looming, overhanging, threatening.

6. approximate, rough; quasi, imitation, imitative, mock, mimic, simulative, simulated, artificial; similar, like, analogous, corresponding, resemblant, resembling, connected, related; intimate, familiar, dear, devoted, kissing, hand in or and glove, hand in hand, cheek by jowl, Inf. thick.

7. parsimonious, penurious, niggardly, skinflinty, 769hoarding, stingy, miserly; selfish, ungenerous, close, tight-fisted, close-fisted, narrow-fisted, cheap, mean; frugal, economical, thrifty, saving, scrimping, penny-saving, penny-pinching, sharing, skimping; avaricious, greedy, covetous, mercenary.

prep

8. close to, close by, nigh, in the neighborhood or vicinity of, not far away from, a stone's throw away from, within reach of, handy to; toward, around, about, upon; next to, adjacent to, contiguous to, tangential to.

9. bordering on, neighboring on, on the brink of, on the verge of, approaching, nearing.

v

10. draw nigh, draw near, come close, close with, come together, converge; approximate, border on, approach, impend, verge, lean toward, move toward, Archaic. nigh.